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WASHING MAGHIYNE.

Nd. 377,510. Patented Feb. 7, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JEREMIAH BIDDISON, OF MOSCOW, IDAHO TERRITORY.

-WASHlNG-MACH|NE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,510, dated February7, 1888. Application filed February 26, 1887. Serial No. 228,962. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH BIDDIsoN, of Moscow, in the countyofNez-Perces and Territory of Idaho, have invented a new and ImprovedWashing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The inventionwill first be described, and then specifically pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to-be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,- m which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view and side elevation ofmy improved wash- 1ng-machine, x m in Fig. 2 being taken as the Fig. 2is a top plan view of my improved washing-machine. Fig. 3' is a sideelevation of a modification in the form of the compound levers foroperating the machine.

Referring to said drawings, A is the tub. B B are legs, upon which itstands. 0 is the pounder or scrubber. D and E are .levers which operatethe pounder, and F is a forked support for said levers. ais the bottomof the tub, 1) bits sides, and c 0 its ends. d is a link which connectsthe levers D and E. e e are rollers upon the upper edges of the ends 0.f.

' fare corrugations or scrubbing-faces on the interior of the ends 0.bers or corrugations on the pounder O. h h are longitudinal'bars securedto the pounder 0. Name cross-bars at the ends of said bars h. J is asocket in the bar 7;. m m are pins in the sides b b. n n are the arms ofthe support F. 0 o are bars which connect the. legs B. p is the base ofthe pounder G, and 88 are supports at the sides of said base.

In construction the sides of the tub are erected at a right angle withthe bottom at, their ends inclining toward their upper edge, which is afew inches higher than the upper edge of the ends 0. Said ends 0 inclineinward, following the direction of the ends of the sides b. The ends 0of the tub may be erected vertically on the bottom of the tub, ifdesired; but their inclination inward facilitates the pounding andrubbing of the clothes between the scrubbers f and g and assists thepounder in turning the clothes in the tub. The support F is constructedwith arms m2 at g g are similar scrubhaving a convex face, a small spacebeing left v between each of them and between the lowermost scrubber andsaid ends 0. The legs B are secured to the sides I), so that they standin line with the incline of the ends of said sides, and extend outwardto brace the tub, their upper ends being connected by bars 0, alsosecured to said sides. The upper edges of the ends a are channeled toreceive rollers e, which turn on pivots located in the sides b.

The pounder O is constructed with a base, p, having a plane undersurface and a convex .upper' surface. To the sides. of this base aresecured supports 8, their lower part being broadened to correspond withthe length of said .base, which extend upward and form heads toengage-the bars h. centrally thereof. To the angular portion of theedges of these supports are secured, parallel with each other, Q

scrubbers 9, having a convex face, a small space being left between eachof them and between thelowermost scrubber and the upper surface of thebase of the pounder G. Aspace is also left between the uppermost one ofthe scrubbers g and the head of the supports. The bars h are placedparallel with each other, andtheir ends are connected by the cross-barsi and k, the bar i having constructed in it midway between its ends andsides a square socket, Z, to receive the upper end of the lever E. Thebars h are then secured upon the heads of the supports 8. The pounder isthen placed in the tub, the bars h resting upon the rollers e and thelever E fitting into the socket l in the cross-bar i. The pins m arepassed through the sides I), confining said bars to a lateral movement.on said rollers. The tub is then furnished with water and othercleansing material, the clothes are put in, and the cover shown bydotted lines near the top of Fig. 1 is set in place. The operator graspsthe lever D and moves it back and forth, causing the lever E to move theframe composed ofthe bars h, i, and k at the same time, which causes thepounder C to travel backward and forward in the tub and to pound andrubthe clothes against and between the scrubbers f and g, as well as toturn the clothes about in the water to give it free access to them andthoroughly wash them. The interstices between and behind the scrubbers fand between, below, and above the scrubbers 9 permit the water to passfreely in any direction in the tub, as indicated by the arrows inFig. 1. The water is prevented from splashing out of the tub by thepresence of the cover.

The washing may be performed from the other end of the tub by graspingthe cross-bar k and moving the frame composed of the bars h, 'i, and kand the pounder O backward and forward in the same manner as when thelevers D and E are used.

My improved washing-machine is simple in construction, is easy ofoperation, and is less likely to get out of orderthan are any ofthemachines of its class. It does its work thoroughly, and enables a largewashing to be disposed of at a great saving of time and labor overordinary handwork. Its operations are steady and uniform, theconfinement of the bars h between the sides and upon the rollers epreventing any wavering of the pounder from side to side andlimiting itsmovement to the plane of the bottom of the tub and between the endsthereof.

Instead of the double levers D and E shown in Fig. 1 I may also use thecompound levers D and E, constructed integrally with each other, andpivot them at n to the arms 12, the head of the lever E engaging withthe slotlin the bar 6.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- In awashing-machine, the combination,with the tub and a reciprocable pounder therein, of the frame h i k,provided with a. mortise, Z, in one ofits cross bars,centrally mountedupon the heads of the pounder and adapted to be reciprocated between thesides and over the ends of the tub, upright double levers E D, pivotallyconnected to a support projecting longitudinally from beneath the tuband adapted to be engaged with the mortise in said frame, as and for thepurpose set forth.

JEREMIAH BIDDISON.

\Vitnesses:

T. I. BRATTAN, J. S. THORNTON.

